Australian engineer Robert Pether was sentenced to a five-year jail term and fined $16 million in April 2021 after seeking to be paid by the Iraqi government for work he had done in the country.

Innocent “hostage” Robert Pether, who was jailed in Iraq on fraud charges, was found to have an enlarged prostate after he was hospitalised three times in a week.

Robert Pether, a mechanical engineer, was jailed in 2021 on fraud charges amid a contract dispute between the consulting firm he worked for and the Central Bank of Iraq.

"It haunts me every time I shut my eyes." Australian man Robert Pether looks nothing like the healthy "gentle giant" he'd been before he was detained in Iraq last year, she says.

Robert Pether needs urgent surgery after photos revealed worrying skin spots The 47-year-old has been in an Iraq jail with a colleague since April last year ...

Australian man Robert Pether looks nothing like the healthy "gentle giant" he'd been before he was detained in Iraq last year, she says. For a start, he's lost 40kg (88lb) - a third of his body ...

The Irish wife of Iraq “hostage” Robert Pether has urged the Tánaiste to meet her amid increasingly urgent fears for her husband’s life in a Baghdad jail. Construction engineer Rob, 49, who ...

Mr Pether's nine-year-old daughter, Nala, took to social media early on Wednesday to call for more help from the Australian government. "He's been imprisoned in Iraq for over a year," she said ...

Robert Pether, 47, has been behind bars in Iraq since April last year, found guilty of what his family and legal team describe as trumped-up fraud charges. United Nations investigators have raised ...

Robert Pether and his colleague Khaled Zhagoul are in a Baghdad jail, after a contract to build a new headquarters for the Central Bank of Iraq turned sour. A UN report has said they are being ...